Belmead (Powhatan, Virginia)

Belmead is a historic home located near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was designed by noted architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Philip St. George Cocke and built about 1845. The house is a two-story, Gothic Revival style stuccoed brick residence with a three-story central cross gable. It features a square tower with corner piers, crenellation, belt courses, ground level Tudor arched openings, and diamond-paned casement windows. The roofline has clusters of circular and polygonal shaped chimney stacks and stepped gable ends. The kitchen outbuilding was incorporated into an extensive two- and three-story addition built by the school.

Belmead (Powhatan, Virginia)

Belmead is a historic home located near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was designed by noted architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Philip St. George Cocke and built about 1845. The house is a two-story, Gothic Revival style stuccoed brick residence with a three-story central cross gable. It features a square tower with corner piers, crenellation, belt courses, ground level Tudor arched openings, and diamond-paned casement windows. The roofline has clusters of circular and polygonal shaped chimney stacks and stepped gable ends. The kitchen outbuilding was incorporated into an extensive two- and three-story addition built by the school.